Earl Castle Stewart - Earls of Castle Stewart

Earls of Castle Stewart

Lord Castle Stewart was baptised Andrew Thomas Stewart-Moore. Moore was the maiden name of his paternal great-grandmother, Anne (Moore) Stewart, daughter of William Moore of Garvey, Co. Tyrone, a first cousin the 1st Earl of Clanbrassil. He only assumed the surname of Stewart by Royal License in 1775.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Earl. His eldest son, the third Earl, died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. His only son, the fifth Earl, assumed in 1867 by Royal licence the additional surname of Richardson (which was that of his father-in-law. He died without male issue and was succeeded by his first cousin, Andrew John Stuart, who became the sixth Earl. He was the second but eldest surviving son of Reverend the Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, fourth son of the second Earl. His two elder sons were both killed in the First World War and he was therefore succeeded by his third son, the seventh Earl, Arthur Stuart in 1921. He represented Harborough in the House of Commons as a Unionist. Arthur Stuart married Eleanor May Guggenheim (eldest daughter of Irene Guggenheim (née Rothschild) and Solomon R Guggenheim) in December 1920. They had four sons. His two elder sons were both killed in the Second World War and Arthur Stuart was succeeded in 1961 by his third son Arthur Patrick Avondale, the eighth Earl and 15th Baronet; present holder of the titles.

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